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Obama's African journey: 'Promise'
The SwampPresident Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, founded with the slavery of Africans and perpetuating legalized racial discrimination well into the 20th Century, addressed the parliament of Ghana today in his first...Tags: Justice and Rights, United States, Genres, Government, Neck
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Euthanasia, evil and 'making things up'
The Swampby Mark Silva The doctor is in: Howard Dean, former Democratic National Committee chairman, onetime candidate for his party's presidential nomination, former governor of Vermont - and a physician -- says there is nothing to Republican Sarah Palin's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Tom Harkin, Government, Social Issues, White House
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Hillary Clinton: 2000 election Bushwhack
The Swampby Mark Silva Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who ran for president in 2008, suggests that the long-disputed election of 2000 is evidence of modern-day "problems" in the greatest democracy on Earth, which is "still evolving'' - a lesson that......Tags: Bill Clinton, Voting, United States, Government, Referenda
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Obama's Cairo address: Writer-in-chief
The Swampby Christi Parsons He sat with his legs crossed in an armchair in the Oval Office, his brow furrowed. Aides clustered on the couches around him. They could see black scratch marks all over their proposal for the most sensitive......Tags: Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Justice and Rights, United States, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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'Global war' on terror rebuked: Brennan
The Swampby Greg Miller President Obama's counter-terrorism chief rebuked the Bush administration repeatedly today in a speech designed to make the case for an expanded approach to fighting Islamic extremism, just weeks before the anniversary of the Sept. 11...Tags: Dick Cheney, Terrorism, United States, National Government, Government
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Kennedy's salutes: Reagan, Clintons too
The Swampby Mark Silva In a town where the notion of bipartisanship is a cliche that often finds little rooting in reality, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's career was remarkable for his success in crossing the aisle of a Senate that had......Tags: Justice and Rights, Primaries, Government, Arts and Culture, Civil Rights
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Sarah Palin's TEA Party: A third party?
The Swampby Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......Tags: Australia, Economy, Business and Finance, Europe, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Justice and Rights
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Afghan election fraud: 'A cover-up'
The Swampby Mark Silva Democracy was on the march, the way that former President George W. Bush saw it, praising the democratic advances of nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan after the U.S. military forced the ruling regimes out. But serious......Tags: Entertainment, National Government, NATO, Government, Fraud
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Obama: Afghan runoff 'important step'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 11:50 am EDT For weeks now, the White House has added a caveat to nearly every public discussion of deliberations underway about the way forward in Afghanistan: The United States must have an effective......Tags: John Kerry, National Government, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Government, Fraud
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Obama's Shanghai town hall
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, fielding some questions in his first visit to China, was asked: "What's the main reason that you were honored (with) the Nobel Prize for Peace? And will it give you more... pressure and......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Tennis, Government, Weather
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Obama: Human rights key to Asian future
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, delivering the first major public address of his Asian tour, told an audience in Tokyo -- Saturday morning there, Friday evening here in Washington -- that the United States "will always stand on the......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice and Rights, Hawaii, Government, Arts and Culture
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Obama accepts Nobel, seeks 'just peace'
The SwampRead a full text of the president's Nobel Lecture below the fold. See the president's speech here and read the full report from Oslo, updated at the conclusion at 8:20 am EST. (Also see, below the fold, the toast that......Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Justice and Rights, Government, Arts and Culture, Saddam Hussein
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